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Construction
The Moonlit Garden Sock design features a one-sided stranded stitch pattern carried across the upper foot only. The sock is begun as a traditional top-down sock knit in the round, with the heel flap and heel worked flat. For the foot (sole/insole), two sets of stitches are prepared and then gradually knitted together on either side:
Sole - stitches on both sides of the insole are picked up on two dpns or a circ needle. These stitches are created as a row of knit sts OR as two stand-alone lines of single chain crochet (both methods given).
Heel/gusset – stitches from the turned heel, flanked by sts picked up on either side of the heel flap, are worked on two dpns or a circ needle.
The two sets of stitches are gradually worked together flat, at the same time shaping the gusset. The toe is shaped traditionally and grafted using the Kitchener stitch grafting technique.

Tech Editor: Jerrah Robbins (with my sincere thanks!)

Materials
Yarn: Fingering weight sock yarn.
MC - Forest Fringe Yarn 80/20 Sock/Fingering (3 ply)
80% superwash merino, 20% nylon; 115 g / 4.06 oz,
389 m / 425 yds, col. stormy skies (hand-dyed)
CC - 80/20 Sock, by Lichen and Lace
80% superwash merino, 20% nylon; 100 g / 3.53 oz,
334 m / 365 yds, col. pewter (hand-dyed)
Quantity:
MC - 1 (1, 1) skein – 50 (65, 80) g / 1.76 (2.29, 2.82) oz; 169 (220, 271) m / 185 (241, 296) yds
CC - 1 (1, 1) skein – 20 (25, 30) g / 0.71 (0.88, 1.06) oz; 67 (84, 100) m / 74 (92, 110) yds
Needles/Notions:
1 set of 5 2.25 mm (US 1.0) dpns OR Magic Loop circ needle
2 – 2.75 mm (US 2.0) Magic Loop circ needles OR 1 set of 5
2.75 mm (US 2.0) dpns AND 1 – 2.75 mm (US 2.0) Magic Loop circ needle
1 – 2.00 mm (US B) crochet hook (optional)
stitch holder or spare yarn
stitch markers
tapestry needle

Gauge (after blocking)
28 sts and 40 rows to 10 cm / 4 in measured over st st using 2.75 mm (US 2.0) needle.
29 sts and 37 rows to 10 cm / 4 in measured over patt using 2.75 mm (US 2.0) needle.

Sizes – S (M, L)
To fit a foot/ankle circumference of 19 (21, 23) cm / 7½ (8¼, 9) in, with negative ease of approximately 1.5 cm / ½ in; and a foot length of 21 (23, 26.5) cm / 8¼ (9, 10½) in.
The sock sample is shown in size M.

Techniques used:
• Top-down construction
• Tubular cast-on
• Knitting in the round and flat
• Stranded knitting
• Kitchener stitch grafting (toe)

Level: Intermediate